Delicious

How comfortable are you using Best Websites, after this practice? Do you have any tips for using Best Websites on Delicious?

A bit of playing around did make me a little more comfortable with this tool. The key for me was getting a handle on the difference between tags and tag bundles and how they interacted.

Tips for use:
I found it much easier to browse the links with the display sorted alphabetically instead of by date.
The 'Search Delicious' field in the top right corner can come in handy when looking for something just within our Best Website bookmarks as well; even though it searches all of Delicious, it lists results from within the user you are currently viewing first.

Blogs

Which aspect of Web 2.0 are you the most intrigued (or scared) by?

I am intrigued by how 'Web 2.0' could change the way we do education, particularly post-secondary education. Paperless distribution of readings and submitting of assignments is the start; I also see "the classroom" broadening to include online discussion and collaboration. This could mean students contributing to the learning process in new ways, and new levels of sharing and collaboration between students (for example, perhaps students give one another access to their research processes, rather than all those hours of notes and outlines sitting idle on pads and harddrives, never to see the light of day again). I wouldn't like to see education go completely online, because I believe in-person interaction continues to be an essential part of the learning process; but I can see how these new platforms make possible a virtual community to supplement the on-campus experience.